This is a loosely chronological survey of my work from my teenage fanzine artwork to screenshots of The Matrix Online, for which I wrote story continuity over the first few years of its existence. SF illustration, movie storyboards, advertising art and plenty of Concrete and other comics work included. It was part of my talk with Mark Verheiden, then a Battlestar Galactica writer/producer, to Vidfest 2007 in Vancouver BC.

November 09, 2017

See you in Vancouver?

This very week my new graphic novel, which I wrote and illustrated based on a story by Mike Richardson, was published.

Best Wishes is a romantic story set in New York City, a tale of ambition, viral fame, suppressed desires, the madness and art of publicity and graphic design, and also municipal water management (only a little, but it’s pivotal!). It is, I hope, funny and engaging.

A Concrete TV Series was briefly greenlit by WGN America (Salem, Manhattan). Thrilling! Then Sinclair bought them and killed all new dramatic programming. Another reason to hate Sinclair. But we have a lovely pilot script by Zak Penn (Ready Player One) and Ira Steven Behr (Outlander) to shop around now. Will it go? Will I be able to replace my roof and septic system? Stay tuned.

Meanwhile I’ve been working on Concrete: Stars over Sand, ­a long-gestating story in which Concrete, in wilderness, is hit by lightning and rendered amnesiac. He discovers the world anew, and, somewhat paranoid, becomes a danger to his loved ones and others. I once hit my head on rock in Hawaii and suffered a similar episode, though I don’t think I was ever dangerous.

If you missed it, I did a graphic novel with Harlan Ellison for DC, Seven against Chaos. A NYT Bestseller! – back when they had a “Hardcover Graphic Novels” bestseller list, since discontinued. I’m hoping to qualify for one of their remaining bestseller lists, “Books by Left-handed Hemophiliacs.” 7aC is a pulpy SF adventure (albeit with Ellisonian angst) well worth your trouble.

Gifts of the Night, my Vertigo series with John Bolton, is to be collected twenty years after its original publication by Berger Books at Dark Horse. Bet you never heard of this! Court intrigue, magical realism, and a shy scholar in way over his head. I was proud of this poetic story, and am grateful it may yet be discovered by an audience.